Nebraska Notes and Brief Local News Items
H. S. Eaton of Wood River travels to New Mexico to buy thousands of sheep for winter feeding. Beatrice man John Atherton suffers a broken rib and head injury from a ladder fall. Auburn resident Clare Donaldson badly breaks a leg under a dray load of beer kegs. Norfolk’s Jack Weston, once a familiar figure, found dead in an old building, burials covered by public subscription. Beatrice’s Vail Howe breaks his arm on a Beatrice home. Great Northern right-of-way buildings in Oakland auctioned for removal in ten days. Fremont’s Lenhart Lederle charged in bootlegging case. cooperator Leber jailed after testimony. Superior’s Soldiers and Sailors monument group adds two ordnance pieces donated by the War Department. Beatrice resident Ellen Moore sues for divorce from Milly Moore for cruelty and desertion. Plattsmouth native James C. Wernbatten seeks heirs to Ohio real estate. West Point child mauled by a dog while under a tree. upper lip and cheek mangled. Walter C. King of Grand Island dies after paralysis. long residence in Arkansas. Schmitt Bros. clothing store in West Point robbed. four suspects in custody. Beatrice’s W. H. Mabannah returns from Winnipeg with 220 acres near Winnipeg. crops look good. Beatrice’s Frank Faulkner moves from Burlington yard to Table Rock. Samuel L. Gamble to succeed. Oakland couple Arthur E. Boyce and Theresa Swanberg wed quietly at Tekamah. bride daughter of Rev. Swanberg. Nebraska City’s Overland theater to open under Woodward Stock, engaging at Kovas City. Prairie chicken season expected to boost local sport. Sand Hills near Wood River full of birds. few game-law violations to date.
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Eaton
Wood River
New Mexico
John S. Atherton
Beatrice
Clare Donaldson
Auburn
James C. Wernbatten
Nebraska
Ohio
Plattsmouth
Lince
Portsmouth
Coughter
Ferdinand Wisch
West Point
Walter C. King
Grand Island
Arkansas
Schmitt Bros
W. H. Mabannah
Beatrica
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Danger of Revolt Unger Riots Threatened in Parts of Spain
A British dispatch warns that unrest looms in Spain as anticipated uprisings and anti government demonstrations spread through several regions. Authorities brace for disturbances amid political instability and social tensions.
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Unger
Spain
Famine Grips Andalusia as Government Fails Relief
Daily Mail dispatches report Andalusian famine with inadequate funds and exhausted resources. Hunger rises daily, theft and unrest occur, and civil guards are scarce. No rain since March threatens crops and deepens rural despair. Cadiz notes widespread starvation in the valley as workers grow too weak to work.
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London
Daily Mail
Andalusia
Spain
Cadiz
Yellow fever outlook improves as New Orleans fights outbreak
New Orleans reports rising but contained yellow fever cases with daily deaths steady. federal control and local doctors push for reporting all suspicious cases while drainage and a future water system aim to curb mosquito breeding. Gulf coast quarantine limits movement, aiding containment efforts.
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New Orleans
White
Water and Sewerage Board
Misssissippi City
Gulf Coast
Gulf Port
Jackson
Gulf & Ship Island
Mississippi
Alabama
New Crileans
Mississippi City
Chinese boycott of American goods grows only in Shanghai
Dispatches from China to the state department indicate Shanghai is the only city where the boycott has real impact with Canton showing limited effect. Immigrant officials blame harassment of Chinese travelers at San Francisco for sparking anti foreign sentiment and affecting shipments while officials discuss a potential new exclusion treaty. Wong Kai Wah, Chinese Imperial trade commissioner, arrives in San Francisco to press Washington on the issue.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
China
Shanghai
Canton
Rockhill
Oyster Bay
San Francisco
Mongolia
Orient
Wong Kai Wah
Washington
Towery Kingdom
J. W. Davidson
Portmouth talks on Sakhalin ease dans center stage
From St Peters burg to Paris and Moscow reports describe the Portsmouth plenipotentiaries delaying discussion on Sakhalin and moving to other Russia accepts points while pessimism fades. Witte awaits final instructions as talks near a potential break if indemnity is demanded. A Moscow peasant congress pushes universal suffrage and secular education.
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ST. Petersburg
Associated Press
Portsmouth
Sakhalin Island
Russia
Witte
Sakhalin
Paris
M. Witte
Japan
Moscow
the Union of Peasants
Constituent Assembly
Idlewild Steamer Tossed on Lake Erie with 200 Aboard
The Idlewild steamer carrying about two hundred women and children was driven about by a high wind on Lake Erie for five hours. Off Windmill Point the rudder broke away. four tugs brought the vessel to port. Officers kept order and no injuries were reported.
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Lake
Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
Windmill Point
Pair Accused of Murder in Pratt County
Mrs Harvey Mc Pherson Null charged with murder in the 61st degree for allegedly poisoning her husband, a prosperous farmer, in Pratt Kansas. H G Kelley, a farm hand, charged with aiding and abetting. Null released on bond. Kelley jailed for lack of bond after coroner jury report.
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Pratt
Kas
Harvey McPherson Null
Swamp Fever Hits Holt County Horses
State Veterinarian C. A. McKim reports swamp fever is killing many Holt County horses in Nebraska. Authorities have not yet halted the rapid spread as he travels from O’Neil to Norfolk to aid control efforts.
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Holt
Norfolk
Neb
C. A. McKim
Holt County
Nebraska
Panama Merchants Protest Commissariats in Canal Zone
Merchants in Panama and Colón voice strong discontent over commissariats set by the Isthmian canal commission in the canal zone. An indignation meeting was held and a formal appeal to President Amador is planned. They claim Secretary Taft promised no commissariats during his visit last November.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Amador
Taft
Norfolk youth shot after trespass at keep out sign
In Norfolk Nebraska Barney Elseffer twenty was shot twice by farmer Dietz while swimming at a river spot marked keep out. Dietz ordered the swimmers off and fired at them wounding Elseffer in the leg while chasing the group and taking their clothes.
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Norfolk
Neb
Barney Elseffer
Dietz
Elseffer
Ssietz
Chseffer
Death Toll in Rutland Crossing Crash in Vermont
Deputy Police Commissioner Harris Lindsey of New York City and Miss Evelyn P. Willing of Chicago were killed when a North Branch train struck their automobile at Pike's Crossing near Bennington Vermont. Willing's nephew Ambrose Cramer and the chauffeur J Adamson were badly bruised with minor injuries. the engine was hurled fifteen feet, tracks torn up, and the car destroyed by fire.
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Ruthland
Harris Lindsey
New York City
Evelyn P. Willing
Chicago
Pike’s Crossing
Bennington
Rutland Railroad
Miss Willing
Mr. Lindsey
Adamson
Unsafe Place For Negroes Forces Dallas Convention Move
Due to the Sulphur Springs lynching, the Negro Baptist Sunday school and Baptist Young People’s State convention will be held in Dallas instead of Sulphur Springs. The executive board stated Sulphur Springs is not a safe place for Negroes at present.
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Dallas
Teaxs
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Negro Baptist Sunday School
Baptist Young Peoples’ State Convention
Crazed by Heat and Liquor Linn Fatally Stabs Man
William A Linn, driven by extreme heat and liquor, attacked and fatally stabbed Harry Jacobs a elderly mechanic. A chase ensued with a citizen pursuit, Linn eluded capture and later fought with his family at home before police restrained him and jailed him after brutal injuries.
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Joseph
William A. Linn
Harry Jacobs
Linn
Controversial Cosmopolitan Essay on Women and Divorce
Sardinal reviews Gibbonson di Vorce Catholic Church stance in the September Cosmopolitan. The essay argues about women's responsibility in the home and endorses divorce as a question for all women regardless of creed. It is praised as a stimulating home sphere discussion.
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Gibbonson
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Bayfield County Family
In Drummond Wisconsin on August 21 a Bayfield County family testifies to Dodd's Kidney Pills relieving backache. T. L. Wold recalls immediate relief after one box and recommends the pills as a cure for backache and kidney trouble, noting they may prevent rheumatism dropsy diabetes or Bright's Disease.
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Drummond
Wis
Bayfield County
Dodd
T. L. Wold
Mr. Wold
Bright
Opium Cargo Seized From Steamship Korea at San Francisco
Report states part of the Korea s cargo arriving in San Francisco included opium valued at 344 500 pounds. The item was noted amid other cargo, while mental health tea advice was also included in the text.
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Korea
San Francisco
Foot-Hose Comfort and Advertising Snippets
A collage of product pitches and brief news blurbs. Advertisers tout Allen’s Foot-Hase powder for easy shoe fit and foot relief. Inquests discuss drowning without full details. Senator Millard seeks re election amid Western finance prestige. Miscellaneous quips and Japan tree avenue marvels mix with grooming tips and a soap note for hair cleansing.
Illusory honor and a deadly act in early 1905 crime row
A man kills a rival over a wife’s alleged infidelity, triggering a cascade of tragedy. The slain man’s widow loses two infant children who die soon after, and the mother herself is not expected to survive. The article reflects on beliefs that a wife is a husband’s property and public morality in that era.
Grape Nuts Helped Woman Recover Health and Energy
A Welden Newfoundland reader reports severe stomach trouble and headaches eased after using Grape Nuts. She notes improved digestion, strength to work, and overall well being, citing her daily recovery and satisfaction after meals. The ad urges readers to get the book The Road to Wellville with the product.
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Welden
Wellville
Petersburg Readies Thon Plan for Improvement
In the Petersburg area, officials consider ways to improve a local event and potentially expand it. Community leaders discuss enhancements to boost attendance, civic engagement, and regional prominence during the planned rollout.
Russia hopes for peace at Portsmouth despite hard terms
St Petersburg reports officials doubt any peace terms will be acceptable to Russia or Japan. They say Japan demands are seen as harsh and Russia maintains strength with 500,000 troops and fortified Vladivostok, while Witte may press for any reduction to make terms tolerable.
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ST. Petersburg
Associated Press
Portsmouth
Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
M. Witte
Nebraska to Join Multistate Probe of Life Firms
The Nebraska insurance department will join Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Louisiana, Kentucky and Tennessee in a joint examination of New York Life, Mutual Life of New York, and Equitable of New York. John L. Pierce, Nebraska’s insurance deputy, just returned from New York. Horace S. Wiggins will represent Nebraska. Work begins October 1 with an initial focus on company securities and later review of books and policies.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska Insurance Department
New York Life
Mutual Life of
New York
Equitable of
John L. Pierce
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennesee
Horace S. Wiggins
Engineer Shoots Wife in Berea Quarry Escape
Adam Boyer an instrument engineer for the Cleveland Stone Company after threatening to kill his wife and nine children shot and killed his wife then fired at his three oldest children on a Berea street. He fled into the quarry where he worked and was pursued by his eight year old son Frank before being frightened off by a neighbor with a revolver.
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Berea
Adam Boyer
Cleveland Stone Company
Frank
Boyer
Stort
Bryan to Build Library at Salem Birthplace
Springfield Illinois reports that William Jennings Bryan has decided to fund a public library in Salem his birthplace. The library will stand on the house site of his birth with the old Bryan homestead moved to face it. A groundbreaking speech by Bryan will mark the occasion.
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Bryan
Springfield
Ill
A_ specia
William J Bryan
Salem
Mr. Bryan
Passenger train wreck kills Italian laborers in Fort se
A derailed passenger train struck by a freight train killed several Italian laborers including Joseph Franky Faray and Frank Frang in a Fort se Q area. The crash threw coaches, blocked tracks, and injured more than twenty others while a special train arrived to aid responders.
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Sas
Fort Se Q
Aigineer C. C
Killen
Mise
Thetos
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Omaha
Medical College
Beatrice Vail Howe
EK. Grey Howe
Great Northern
Commercial Avenue
Oakland
Lenhart Lederle
Fremont
Lederle
John Leber
Leber
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Association
Superior
War Department
Ellen Moore
Milly Moore
Gage County
Frank Faulkner
Burlington
Table Rock
Samuel L. Gamble
Arthur E. Boyce
Theresa Swanberg
Tekamah
F. N. Swanbarg
Swedish Lutheran Church of
Nebraska City
Woodward & Burgess
Woodward
Dr. Brady
The
Marine Hospital ‘Service
Waggaman
Jefferson Parish
A. J. Montz
Angere
Rutland
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Eoy
N. X
Wron Westcott
Joseph H. Millard
United States
West
Slopay
Philadelphia Press
Namanda
Nikko
Petersburg
Erless
John
Fang
CHA
Josepn
Frank G Ny Domety
Anton Laborer
Aly Josepha Faray
TSC
Sry
Louis Reinga Bey
E. E. "Hany
B. L. Kerr
Grats
Joba
Nurptey Y Conn
Phillip Baskingy
Jaty
Leonard
Spratea
Charles Buccatar
Viola Leonards
Charles Dumont
Joseph Trammogt
Allin Sauskty
Cnt
Loralpe
Cation
Banas Vicel
Presidentro Park
Pelill Volver
Overpower
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